Got to defend my MHPE thesis today!

“Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

“The staffing shortages suggested a separate problem, those former officials said — the loss of experienced people who would typically have helped communicate with local authorities in the hours after flash flood warnings were issued overnight.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

It’s hard to undervalue the social process of getting an idea off the ground in designing education. A proposal doesn’t appear out of the blue and gets approved. Meetings before the meetings are critical to the iterative process to go from idea 1.0 to the final version. youtu.be/vOM3m26pNXM?...

One key ingredient for good assessment is attention. While time is of course necessary, I think that when educators say time is a limitation for them, they also implicitly mean attention. This requires us to develop both individual and systems level management of attention for better learning.

This piece gave me hope. It shined a light on what love can mean and do in people’s lives. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The data for enrollment to med school since the Supreme Court's aff. action decision shows Black enrollees down by 11.6% compared to last year and Latinx down by 10.8%. Even steeper drops for American Indian/ Alaska Natives - down by 22.1%, NHPI down by 4.3%. www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...

My office mates know how much Coke Zero I consume…

Happy New Years everyone!

Something we have to do in CBME/feedback in the clinical setting is both recognize all the immense hard work that happened and that the learner still has important things to improve. Acknowledge the immensity of effort caring for patients. And coach for improvement. #medsky #meded #mededsky

Merry Christmas

Happy holidays

What if the most impactful and important technology for effective CBME is time? Time that allows intensity, clarity, cognition, relationship building, trust, co-creation.

Can’t stop thinking about this interview. youtu.be/ah2eAynWzEg?...

If fundamental to effective teaching is the fostering of trusting educational connection and co-creation between teacher and learner, then we must design for the factors required. Time, clarity of purpose, available cognitive load, mastery of emotional intelligence to name a few. #mededsky #medsky

The coming years will see the automation of assessment with the use of AI. Goals for volume of evidence in CBME will be met in part by the speed and productivity boost of these tools. Another story will be how teaching and in-person assessment become bespoke and a craft service. #medsky #mededsky

AI and the use of tech in assessment may help with productivity and speed. But I think it is worth thinking about assessment especially in the clinical environment also as a relational activity between a teacher and learner co-creating meaning to foster learning. #mededsky #meded #medsky

Thinking about becoming a butter influencer. Watch this space.

For those who are looking for Black Friday suggestions, I highly recommend buying a portable monitor. A lightweight but high quality screen is a game changer for doing work even if it’s just at your kitchen table.

I think a fundamental ingredient to CBME is teachers providing concentrated cognition to coach and assess in the clinical environment. This kind of undivided, one-on-one attention is invariably costly. But I truly believe it to be worthwhile.

If you see this post a concert pic you took

Currently holding space for Taiwanese breakfast.

I’m alright with a slow burn

I can’t handle leaving him for work.

Post 2 pictures with your better half 12 years together

What do you mean there’s today and two more work days left in this week???

The bene gesserit of Dune Prophecy picking up where the coven of Agatha All Along left off is just **chef’s kiss** for my weekly TV watching experience.

Back on Bluesky seeing what’s up

I am now ready to declare Pistachio Macaron the best Jeni’s ice cream flavor ever.

New shoes helping me craft this talk on learning theory, models, frameworks and their use in educational research! #medsky

I’m not yet sold on Threads. Feels chaotic in a way that I only want my insta feed to be chaotic. Here’s some pics from Double Chicken Please. The #5 drink with the Oolong Honey might be my favorite new cocktail of the year so far.

Katana Kitten tho

Two friends unsolicited told me that I have proactive permission to eat their secret stash of chicken tenders.

Last week got to go to Don Angie and it was really good.

First post definitely going to be this ball of joy. My little buddy.